41.   Cos the river was right up here.

42.   And it comes at a time when studies of other pollutants have shown the river to be cleaner than it has been in decades.

43.   And the Ob River, treated by dozens of major factories and cities essentially as an outhouse, is about as polluted as a river can be.

44.   And then there are the rivers of androstenedione that run through our games.

45.   And two weeks after the flood, the river is still wild.

46.   And, in any case, the north-flowing rivers are icebound now.

47.   And where there was once river, there is now virgin land, inevitably gobbled up by the rich.

48.   And, the river is definitely a great swimming hole.

49.   At the same time, only three or four hours from Boston, the river is easily accessible by car.

50.   Before the rains, the river was a quarter-mile from her home, she said.